not a Jeopardy geek but these are good reads – kudos to Ken!
Ken Jennings Is Jeopardy!’s Greatest Player of All Time
Ken Jennings Didn’t Want to Compete in Jeopardy’s Big Tournament, ‘Which Sure Looks Pretty Dumb Now’
Brad Rutter on Buzzers, Strategy, and Why He Lost Jeopardy!’s Greatest of All Time Tournament
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Jazz great Jack Sheldon, the voice of Schoolhouse Rock!, RIP
RIP. Of course my fave work is the Simpsons version of I’m Just A Bill, included below too 🙂
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From Oz:
and America:
interesting side issue, following up on yesterday’s DS9 post – I didn’t really watch B5 in its original run, then watched it on my buddy’s DVDs several years ago, then a couple years ago rewatched it all. On DVD it holds up fairly well – it’s obviously lower budget than DS9 was, and while the overall plot holds up, there are definitely lame moments from time to time (DS9 wasn’t completely immune to this problem either, but barring the Vic Fontaine aspect near the end, at least they didn’t resort to the holodeck every time they ran out of ideas – TNG, I’m looking at YOU).
Anyway, interesting read to be sure…and F people who don’t realize the impact of the Amiga computer – Ask Spielberg and Jurassic Park on that one among many, many others 🙂
‘Babylon 5’ is great, so why does it look so bad?
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as seen originally on Boing Boing – pretty weird. definitely a Yellow Submarine vibe, among others…
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old clip – 1971(!) I think, but has no less impact. I’ve never read any Norman Mailer books, and the only other time i’ve seen him speak was in the When We Were Kings movie, where it was benign. But here, he comes across as ten sides of a supreme, egomaniacal JACKASS. Especially with the gray fake-fro and the go-go boots!? Moreover (not completely clear, not being there in person) but the camera makes him often look like he’s staring at nothing when he speaks, but he’s probably looking at Gore Vidal or the other woman.
Although in the end it largely has no effect on him, his ego force-field obviously protects him from really LISTENING to anything they say to him – each of the others really lands several zingers, including Cavett (but sorry Dick, that hair really looks glued-on? yipes!)
in any event, if you can last through this thing, barring NM’s last speech (which is arguably less obnoxious than most of what he says), this is quite the show….!
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oh, Gojira, my muse….
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Rutger Hauer, ‘Blade Runner’ co-star and memorable bad guy, dies at 75
Rutger Hauer obituary – The Guardian
Need to watch The Hitcher again at some point – RIP.
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